Hundreds of protesters storm Iraq parliament in support of cleric Moqtada al-Sadr

Police fired teargas in a bid to stop crowds who entered parliament waving flags, taking photographs, chanting and cheering

Hundreds of supporters of powerful Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr danced and sang in parliament after storming Baghdad's high-security Green Zone in protest at a rival bloc's nomination for prime minister.

Police fired barrages of teargas in a bid to stop the protesters from breaching the gates of the heavily fortified Green Zone, but the crowds surged forward and entered parliament.